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• Question 281:

  

  A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
  B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
  C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
  D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
  E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
  A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.

• Question 282:

  

  A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone Is not sufficient.
  B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone Is not sufficient.
  C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE Is sufficient.
  D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
  E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
  A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone Is not sufficient.

• Question 283:

  The primary purpose of the passage Is to

  A. describe some of the discoveries that have been made using a new technique
  B. provide evidence that a new technique will be able to resolve a longstanding controversy
  C. trace the development and implementation of a new technique
  D. explain how a new technique works and why it Is significant
  E. discuss questions that a new technique raises about older techniques
  D. explain how a new technique works and why it Is significant

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  Explanation/Reference:

  Previously unknown extrasolar planets-planets outside our solar system-- probably await discovery In archival images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. A new technique allows astronomers to model the amount and distribution of scattered light produced by young stars suspected of spawning planets and remove that light from images of those stars. Once the glare of the parent stars' light is removed, planets may show up In Images already taken by Hubble's infrared cameras, since heat emitted by planets produces telltale wavelengths of infrared light. In 2008, astronomers using powerful Earth-based telescopes were able to detect three planets orbiting the star HR 8799 that were not previously detected by astronomers who examined infrared Hubble images of the star in 1998. David Lafrentere--a member of the team of astronomers who detected the planets in 2006 --then applied the new technique to those Hubble images and managed to uncover the outermost of the three planets. The others, tying closer to the star, still could not be distinguished against the background of the star's light. Lafrenifre's work has helped reaffirm the importance of maintaining long-term archives, and--because Hubble's infrared cameras record some wavelengths of light that cannot penetrate through the atmosphere to reach Earth's surface- revealed new information about the outermost of HR 8799's planets.

• Question 284:

  Professor: One expert on Norse culture argues that since yarn (fiber thread) samples discovered at non- Norse archaeological sites, those related to the aboriginal Dorset people in the East Arctic, are similar to prehistoric Norse yarn samples, and since spinning was not a part of the technology of northern aboriginal peoples, the Dorset samples constitute proof of contact between these aboriginal people and Norse Vikings. The fact that radiocarbon dating seems to indicate that the Dorset samples predate Norse arrival in the region by centuries is dismissed by the expert as an anomaly attributable to significant problems with the dating of textiles found at Arctic sites. But this position seems questionable, given that

  Which of the following would, if true, most logically complete the professor's argument above?

  A. for textiles, radiocarbon dating is more accurate than any other dating method
  B. numerous ancient American cultures are known to have had spinning technology
  C. textiles found at other Arctic sites have not been dated with a high degree of precision
  D. the dating of the Dorset samples b consistent with that of other artifacts of known age found along with them
  E. the yarn discovered at the Da set sites is spun from the hair of animals indigenous to the area
  B. numerous ancient American cultures are known to have had spinning technology

• Question 285:

  Machine X caps 20 bottles of soda per minute, and machine Y caps 60 bottles of soda per minute. If both machines start operating at the same time and at their respective constant rates, in how many seconds will machine Y have capped 12 more bottles of soda than machine X ?

  A. 15
  B. 18
  C. 20
  D. 21
  E. 24
  B. 18

• Question 286:

  Morowa: As a general rule, those responsible for harming the environment should be responsible for fixing it. Thus, businesses should pay for and clean up environmental problems they cause.

  Thema: Are the businesses the only ones responsible? Oftentimes, consumers drive businesses to produce products in environmentally damaging ways by primarily purchasing inexpensive items that disproportionally result in greater environmental harm.

  Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest support for Morowa's argument in light of Thema's reply?

  A. Consumers of such products know that they are responsible for harming the environment.
  B. At least some consumers purchase products that they know are environmentally friendly.
  C. Most consumers purchase at least some products that do not substantially harm the environment.
  D. Being inexpensive does not necessarily result in environmental harm.
  E. Having businesses pay for and clean up their environmental problems can pass along some of the cost to consumers.
  E. Having businesses pay for and clean up their environmental problems can pass along some of the cost to consumers.

• Question 287:

  

  A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
  B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
  C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
  D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
  E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER ate NOT sufficient.
  D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.

• Question 288:

  Economist: In Nation X, the number of unsold homes on the market recently reached a twenty-year high. The last time the number of unsold homes was that high, a severe economic recession soon followed. Therefore, the nation's economy is almost certainly about to suffer another severe recession.

  The economist's reasoning is most vulnerable to criticism on which of the following grounds?

  A. It confuses a claim about the number of unsold homes on the market with a more general claim about an overall economic recession.
  B. It overlooks the possibility that even if one phenomenon causally contributes to another, the latter sometimes, but not always, causally contributes to the former.
  C. It overlooks the possibility that other severe economic recessions In Nation X may have occurred when there were not an unusually large number of unsold homes on the market.
  D. It fails to address adequately the possibility that one phenomenon may closery follow another by coincidence.
  E. It fails to address adequately the possibility that a severe economic recession may itself cause more homes to remain on the market unsold.
  D. It fails to address adequately the possibility that one phenomenon may closery follow another by coincidence.

• Question 289:

  Many companies today are making new product development a central element of their competitive strategy. Because the potential benefits of successful product innovation are great--prolonged growth, superior financial returns, and strong investor interest-many companies offer employees incentives such as promotions and bonuses for developing new products, incentives not offered for innovations in other areas of the business, firms' priorities can also be shaped by their measurement systems, since these systems can directly measure returns from new products more immediately than they can measure returns from investments in such areas as organizational restructuring or innovations in marketing.

  But the organizational culture of such companies can hurt them in the marketplace because a narrow focus on product development can ultimately detract from a firm's performance. For instance, a company's ability to profit from new products can be severely hampered if it has neglected other functions and business processes. If a company develops a superior new product but is unable to distribute and promote t rapidly, competitors with better distribution systems may copy the product and introduce It into the market before the innovator can profit from its innovation. In contrast, effective distribution, marketing, and accounting systems-that is, strong overall business systems -can act as entry barriers, deterring would-be competitors from entering a particular.

  The primary purpose of the passage is to

  A. explain the way in which a particular aspect of organizational culture affects employees' performance
  B. explain why new product development confers less advantage on companies today than it did in the past
  C. argue that a particular strategy for enhancing a company's position against competitors may prove unsuccessful
  D. argue that a company's organizational culture may be more important than its competitive strategy in ensuring financial success
  E. suggest a way in which companies can increase their profits without developing new products
  D. argue that a company's organizational culture may be more important than its competitive strategy in ensuring financial success

• Question 290:

  Of the coins in a certain collection, 30 percent were issued more than ten years ago and 45 percent are foreign. Of the foreign coins, 20 percent were issued more than ten years ago. If there are 1,500 coins in the collection, how many are foreign coins that were issued ten years ago or less?

  A. 75
  B. 135
  C. 315
  D. 375
  E. 540
  E. 540